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en'Welcome To Braggsville' Isn't Quite 'Invisible Man,' But It's Closehttp://kcbx.org/post/welcome-braggsville-isnt-quite-invisible-man-its-close
Here's only a partial list of great American writers whose names came to mind as I was reading T. Geronimo Johnson's new novel, <em>Welcome to Braggsville</em>: Tom Wolfe, Mark Twain, Toni Morrison, H.L. Mencken, Don DeLillo, David Foster Wallace, Norman Mailer and Ralph Ellison, Ralph Ellison, Ralph Ellison. Johnson's timely novel is a tipsy social satire about race and the oh-so-fragile ties that bind disparate parts of this country into an imperfect and restless union.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:19:00 +0000Maureen Corrigan19520 at http://kcbx.org'Welcome To Braggsville' Isn't Quite 'Invisible Man,' But It's ClosePrepare For 'The End Of College': Here's What Free Higher Ed Looks Likehttp://kcbx.org/post/prepare-end-college-heres-what-free-higher-ed-looks
A lot of parents start worrying about paying for college education soon after their child is born. After that, there's the stressful process of applying to colleges, and then, for those lucky enough to get admitted into a good college, there's college debt.<p>But author Kevin Carey argues that those problems might be overcome in the future with online higher education. Carey directs the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:19:00 +0000editor19519 at http://kcbx.orgPrepare For 'The End Of College': Here's What Free Higher Ed Looks LikeFresh Air Remembers 'Jazz Master' Orrin Keepnewshttp://kcbx.org/post/fresh-air-remembers-jazz-master-orrin-keepnews
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<em><strong>Updated at 2:13 p.m. ET</strong></em><p>The House of Representatives could vote as early as today on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of the budget year — without any restrictions on immigration.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:17:00 +0000Krishnadev Calamur19517 at http://kcbx.orgWhere Have All The Teachers Gone? http://kcbx.org/post/where-have-all-teachers-gone
This is the canary in the coal mine.<p>Several big states have seen alarming drops in enrollment at teacher training programs. The numbers are grim among some of the nation's largest producers of new teachers: In California, enrollment is down 53 percent over the last five years. It's down sharply in New York and Texas as well.<p>In North Carolina, enrollment is down nearly 20 percent in three years.<p>"The erosion is steady. That's a steady downward line on a graph.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:03:00 +0000Eric Westervelt19516 at http://kcbx.orgWhere Have All The Teachers Gone? From War To Plow: Why USDA Wants Veterans To Take Up Farminghttp://kcbx.org/post/war-plow-why-usda-wants-veterans-take-farming
Sara Creech has grown dependent on farming. She started out planting an orchard of fruit trees: apples, peaches, cherries and pears. She added berry bushes and rows of vegetables.<p>And then she bought her first chickens.<p>"A lot of people call chickens the gateway animal," says Creech, who lives in rural North Salem, Ind. "Like once you have a chicken on the farm, then you end up getting sheep on the farm, and then you end up getting horses, and cows. And then it just explodes from there."<p>Creech served as a surgery nurse during the Iraq War.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:18:00 +0000editor19515 at http://kcbx.orgFrom War To Plow: Why USDA Wants Veterans To Take Up FarmingPraise, Criticism For Netanyahu's Speechhttp://kcbx.org/post/praise-criticism-netanyahus-speech
<em><strong>Updated at 2:11 p.m.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:11:00 +0000Krishnadev Calamur19514 at http://kcbx.orgDavid Petraeus Enters Into Plea Deal With Justice Departmenthttp://kcbx.org/post/petraeus-enters-plea-deal-justice-department
Former CIA Director and retired Gen. David Petraeus, whose military career has been overshadowed by charges that he provided classified data to his mistress, has made a deal with the Justice Department in which he will plead guilty to one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material.<p>The deal will allow Petraeus, who rose to the rank of a four-star general before becoming director of the CIA, to avoid a trial and plead guilty to a misdemeanor.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:18:00 +0000Bill Chappell19513 at http://kcbx.orgDavid Petraeus Enters Into Plea Deal With Justice DepartmentThe Secret History Of Knock-Knock Jokeshttp://kcbx.org/post/secret-history-knock-knock-jokes
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O23JRqCYQRU</p>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:18:00 +0000Linton Weeks19509 at http://kcbx.orgHillary Clinton's Use Of Personal Email At State Department Raises Questionshttp://kcbx.org/post/hillary-clintons-use-personal-email-state-dept-raises-questions
During her four years as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton did not use a State Department email account, opting instead to conduct official business through a personal email account that wasn't then and is not now under the government's control.<p>The arrangement circumvented a federal process that could have automatically preserved Clinton's email communications in government archives.<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/03/us/politics/hillary-clintons-use-of-private-email-at-state-department-raises-flags.html">The New York Times</a> was the first to report the story, saying:<p><blockTue, 03 Mar 2015 16:05:00 +0000Bill Chappell19512 at http://kcbx.orgHillary Clinton's Use Of Personal Email At State Department Raises QuestionsLOOK: Pictures Of The Villarrica Volcano's Eruption In Chile http://kcbx.org/post/look-pictures-villarrica-volcanos-eruption-chile
The eruption of the Villarrica volcano in southern Chile has prompted the evacuation of thousands of people, as it spewed heavy smoke into the air and lava down its slopes.<p>The 9,000 foot volcano hovers over the city of Pucon, home to about 22,000 people.<p>"It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen," Travis Armstrong, a 29-year-old Australian tourist, told The Associated Press. "I've never seen a volcano erupt and it was spewing lava and ash hundreds of meters into the air.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:02:00 +0000Krishnadev Calamur19510 at http://kcbx.orgLOOK: Pictures Of The Villarrica Volcano's Eruption In Chile After Weeks Of Controversy, Netanyahu Takes The Podium Before Congresshttp://kcbx.org/post/after-weeks-controversy-netanyahu-takes-podium-congress
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<em><strong>Updated at 2:09 p.m. ET</strong></em><p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a deal the U.S. and its allies are pursuing with Iran over its nuclear program is "very bad" because, according to him, it doesn't take away the Islamic republic's ability to ultimately obtain nuclear weapons.<p>"This is a bad deal — a very bad deal," Netanyahu told a joint meeting of Congress today. "We're better off without it."<p>He said such a deal will "guarantee" that Iran gets nuclear weapons because it allows the Islamic republic to keep much of its nuclear infrastructure in place.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:57:00 +0000Krishnadev Calamur19508 at http://kcbx.orgIn Speech To Congress, Netanyahu Blasts 'A Very Bad Deal' With Iran GOP Faults Shift Of Funds To HealthCare.Gov From NIH And CDChttp://kcbx.org/post/gop-faults-shift-funds-healthcaregov-nih-and-cdc
House Republicans are questioning why the Obama administration transferred money last year from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to pay for the operation of the federal health insurance marketplace.<p>"Now it appears that we are robbing Peter to pay Paul in order to finance the disaster that is HealthCare.Gov," said Rep.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:55:00 +0000editor19507 at http://kcbx.orgGOP Faults Shift Of Funds To HealthCare.Gov From NIH And CDCAlleged Patient Safety Kickbacks Lead To $1 Million Settlementhttp://kcbx.org/post/alleged-patient-safety-kickbacks-lead-1-million-settlement
Dr.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 13:27:00 +0000Marshall Allen19506 at http://kcbx.org